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CXUS53 KDTX 071639
CLMFNT
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
107 PM EST TUE DEC 4 2012
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...THE FLINT MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2012...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1921 TO 2012
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 79 11/01/1950
LOW -7 11/26/1949
HIGHEST 70 11/11 MM MM
LOWEST 16 11/27 MM MM
AVG. MAXIMUM 48.2 46.7 1.5
AVG. MINIMUM 28.9 31.0 -2.1
MEAN 38.5 38.9 -0.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 2.4 -2.4
DAYS MIN <= 32 24 17.5 6.5
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 5.66 2003
MINIMUM 0.59 2009
TOTALS 0.65 2.67 -2.02
DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.09 -0.07
DAYS >= .01 7 11.8 -4.8
DAYS >= .10 1 6.2 -5.2
DAYS >= .50 0 1.4 -1.4
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.41 11/11 TO 11/12
11/12 TO 11/12
11/12 TO 11/13
STORM TOTAL MM
(MM/DD(HH)) MM
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 16.2 1951
0
0
TOTALS 1.9 2.5 -0.6
LIQUID EQUIV 0.19 0.20 -0.01
SINCE 7/1 2.2 2.9 -0.7
LIQUID 7/1 0.22
DAYS >= TRACE 6 3.1 2.9
DAYS >= 1.0 1 0.8 0.2
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 1 11/25
24 HR TOTAL 1.6 MM
STORM TOTAL MM
(MM/DD(HH)) MM
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 785 785 0
SINCE 7/1 1391 1481 -90
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 864 531 333
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST MM
LATEST MM
EARLIEST MM
LATEST MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/280 DATE 11/23
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 40/260 DATE 11/23
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1
LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 6 SLEET 0
FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
HAZE 15
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
107 PM EST TUE DEC 4 2012
...................................
...THE TRI CITIES MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2012...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2012
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 80 11/01/1950
LOW -3 11/26/1949
HIGHEST 70 11/11 MM MM
LOWEST 18 11/27 MM MM
AVG. MAXIMUM 46.7 45.9 0.8
AVG. MINIMUM 30.6 31.2 -0.6
MEAN 38.6 38.5 0.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 2.2 -2.2
DAYS MIN <= 32 21 16.9 4.1
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 6.31 1995
MINIMUM 0.15 1904
TOTALS 0.41 2.70 -2.29
DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.09 -0.08
DAYS >= .01 4 11.4 -7.4
DAYS >= .10 2 5.8 -3.8
DAYS >= .50 0 1.5 -1.5
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.20 11/12 TO 11/12
11/11 TO 11/12
11/12 TO 11/12
STORM TOTAL MM
(MM/DD(HH)) MM
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 23.0 1995
0
0
TOTALS 2.2 3.6 -1.4
LIQUID EQUIV 0.22 0.40 -0.18
SINCE 7/1 2.4 3.9 -1.5
LIQUID 7/1 0.24
DAYS >= TRACE 5 2.4 2.6
DAYS >= 1.0 1 1.1 -0.1
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 2 11/25
24 HR TOTAL 2.1 MM
STORM TOTAL MM
(MM/DD(HH)) MM
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 782 794 -12
SINCE 7/1 1385 1473 -88
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 861 557 304
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST MM
LATEST MM
EARLIEST MM
LATEST MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/260 DATE 11/23
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/250 DATE 11/23
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0
FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
HAZE 12
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...NOVEMBER 2012 DRY AND SEASONAL, BUT SNOWFALL STILL NEAR NORMAL...
...2012 IN THE DETROIT AREA CHALLENGING FOR THE WARMEST ON RECORD...
AS THE COOL WEATHER FROM OCTOBER CONTINUED INTO EARLY NOVEMBER, A
TEMPORARY CHANGE IN THE PATTERN ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE
HOVERING ON THE COOL SIDE OF NORMAL BUT CONFINED NEARLY ALL
MEANINGFUL PRECIPITATION TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE RESULT WAS
THAT ALL THREE CLIMATE SITES AVERAGED NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE
DAYTIME HIGHS AND NIGHTTIME LOWS A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW AVERAGE. THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH IN FLINT WAS 38.5 DEGREES. THE
AVERAGE IN SAGINAW WAS 38.6, MARKING DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL OF -0.4
DEGREES AND +0.1 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY.
PRECIPITATION, ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS LACKING AS MOST OF THE UNITED
STATES ROUNDED OUT THE MONTH WITH WELL UNDER 50 PERCENT OF THEIR
AVERAGE MONTHLY VALUES. IN FLINT, THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 0.65"
WAS 24% OF THE 2.67" MONTHLY AVERAGE WHILE SAGINAW MEASURED 15% OF
THEIR 2.70" NORMAL WITH ONLY 0.41". DESPITE THE LACK OF A MORE
TYPICAL AND ACTIVE NOVEMBER PATTERN, ENOUGH OF THAT PRECIPITATION
STILL FELL AS SNOW AT FLINT AND SAGINAW TO ALLOW FOR MINOR SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WHICH FELL WITHIN THE NORMAL RANGES FOR THE MONTH.
WITH MEASURABLE SNOW ON THE 12TH AND 25TH, FLINT`S MONTHLY SNOWFALL
TOTAL OF 1.9" FALLS SHORT OF THEIR 2.5" AVERAGE, BUT IS STILL ONLY
THE 45TH LEAST SNOWY NOVEMBER IN THEIR HISTORICAL RECORD. SAGINAW,
WITH MEASURABLE SNOW FALLING ON THE SAME DATES, ACCUMULATED A
MONTHLY TOTAL OF 2.2", THE 43RD SNOWIEST NOVEMBER IN THEIR HISTORICAL
RECORD AND JUST OVER AN INCH SHORT OF THE 3.6" NOVEMBER AVERAGE. IN
FACT, FLINT AND SAGINAW HAVE BOTH EXPERIENCED COMPLETELY SNOWLESS
NOVEMBERS IN THE PAST...16 AND 18 TIMES RESPECTIVELY.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE FLINT AREA WAS 48.2 (32ND
WARMEST), AND +1.5 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL VALUE OF 46.7. THE
AVERAGE HIGH IN SAGINAW WAS 46.7 (35TH WARMEST ON RECORD), +0.8
DEGREES ABOVE THE 38.5 DEGREE NORMAL. FLINT`S AVERAGE LOW FOR THE
MONTH WAS 28.9 (17TH COLDEST ON RECORD), AND -2.1 DEGREES BELOW THE
31.0 DEGREE NORMAL. SIMILARLY, THE AVERAGE LOW IN SAGINAW WAS 30.6
(49TH COLDEST ON RECORD), AND -0.6 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 31.2 DEGREES.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN FLINT
WAS 38.5 (35TH COLDEST), A DEPARTURE OF -0.4 DEGREES FROM THE 38.9
DEGREE NOVEMBER NORMAL. FOR SAGINAW, IT WAS 38.6 (48TH WARMEST ON
RECORD), AND +0.1 ABOVE THE 38.5 DEGREE NOVEMBER NORMAL.
DESPITE THE RETURN TO MORE CLIMATOLOGICALLY NORMAL CONDITIONS IN
RECENT MONTHS, THE FLINT AREA`S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 53.4 FOR 2012
TO-DATE (JAN 1 - NOV 30) IS STILL OUTPACING 1998 AS THE WARMEST YEAR
IN THE HISTORICAL RECORD BY +0.8 DEGREES. AT THE SAME TIME IN 1998,
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR BY NOVEMBER 30TH WAS 52.6
DEGREES. 2012 SAW MILD WINTER TEMPERATURES TO BEGIN THE YEAR, AN
UNPRECEDENTED MARCH HEATWAVE THAT SENT TEMPERATURES SOARING INTO THE
UPPER 80S WHILE THE MONTH FINISHED +15.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, AS
WELL AS ONE OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN`S HOTTEST SUMMERS ON RECORD.
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